SWANSEA CITY defender Angel Rangel believes Liverpool will provide a tougher test this season with his old manager Brendan Rodgers in charge.

The Swans beat Liverpool at the Liberty Stadium on the final day of last season in what turned out to be Kenny Dalglish’s final game in charge of the club.

Liverpool managed just 37% possession in their 1-0 defeat when Danny Graham’s late winner secured a memorable victory for Rodgers’ side.

Dalglish was then replaced by former Swansea boss Rodgers in the summer and the Northern Irishman is attempting to transform Liverpool into a side that plays the short-passing game he favoured at the Swans.

He brings his new-look side to the Liberty on Sunday and despite having beaten Liverpool in the Capital One Cup already this season, Swansea’s Rangel thinks a full-strength Reds side will be a different proposition under Rodgers.

Rangel said: “It’s a different Liverpool to the one we played last season, they did not keep the ball like they do now.

“It’s going to be a tough game because they are doing well now under Brendan.

“We know what style of football the manager likes and they have some top class players in their squad.

“We can’t forget they are a massive club.

“But we are very confident we can win the game. We have three big games in a week and we can put ourselves in a great position with a couple of wins.”

Swansea have enjoyed mixed fortunes at the Liberty under Michael Laudrup this season with the comprehensive victory over West Ham in August and the win over Wigan Athletic last month their only two victories, having lost to Everton and drawn with Sunderland, Reading and Chelsea.

Saturday’s 2-1 away win at Newcastle has lifted the Swans to 10th in the top flight, one place above Rodgers’ Liverpool, but Rangel insists it is vital they add consistency to their home form.

He said: “It’s very important we get points at home, the away wins are a bonus but the most important thing is the home form, we have been doing okay but we can do better.

“Our performances were good against Man City and Chelsea but being realistic we only had two points from the three games before the trip to Newcastle.

“But when you can get a surprise win at Newcastle all of a sudden it’s five points from four games and that sets us up for two home games.

“It is early days but to be in 10th place is excellent and after two draws in the last two games it was very good to get a win.”

Demba Ba’s injury-time header at St James’ Park meant Swansea haven’t kept a clean sheet in all competitions since the 3-0 win over West Ham on August 25.

“Newcastle was a great result but we are a bit disappointed with the goal at the end to lose the clean sheet,” added Rangel.

“Of course we would have taken a 2-1 win at St James’ Park and it was probably our best game away from home.

“In the first half we had so many chances to score and they had only one.

“It’s always a difficult place so to come here and score two goals and created lots of chances is an incredible achievement.

“We knew it was going to be difficult to keep the ball like we normally do so we knew we had to defend well and keep very narrow.

“On the break we looked a real threat all game and we had lots of chances.

“Overall it was a great performance.”

Swansea could have midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng available for the visit of Liverpool after he missed the win over Newcastle with a hamstring strain.